Shipping-pail.



H. L. STALEY L w. B. SIMMONS.

SHIPPING PAIL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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HARRISONVL. STALEY, OF MARTINSVIIILE, INDIANA, ANI) WALTER B. SIMMONS,OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORS TO "WIL'IS VENERE, COMPANY, OFRICHMOND,

VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF NORTH CAROLINA.

SHIPPING-FAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 19M,

Application filed April 28, 1916. Serial No. 94,158.

To @ZZ whom t may Concern.'

Be it known that we, HARRISON L. STALEY and WALTER B. SIMMONS, citizensof the United States of America, and residents, respectively, ofMartinsville, county of Morgan, and State of Indiana, and Richmond,county of Henrico, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shipping-Fails, of which the following is a fulland clear specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a top closure means for candypails which shall be simple, durable and strong, and which shall sostiften the upper part of the pail that it will be possible to make thepail body* out of veneer material and thus enable the pail to bemarketed at a cost considerably below the cost of marketing thewellknown wooden stave candy pails now in eX- tensive use, as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of the upper part of acandy pail constructed in accordance with our invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and Y Figs. 3, 4and 5 are detail views hereinafter described, Fig. 5 being a section onthe line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, a designates the body of the pail, which is preferablyveneer material bent into cylindrical shape. A sheet metal hoop 5 isiitted around the upper edge of the pail and is fastened thereto bynaillike points c struck up from the lower edge of the hoop and driventhrough the body of the pail and clenched on the inner side thereof.These points are formed by making a slit Z in the band, this slitextending from the lower edge of the band upwardly in an obliquedirection. This slitting of the band forms the sharpened point o, and itis essential thatthe slit be carried up into the band beyond the pointof bending c, so that the points may be bent into driving positionbefore the band is slipped onto the pail. The extended slit forms atab-like portion y with the point at the lower end thereof, and, beforethe hoop is slipped onto the pail, the tab is bent outwardly, as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 5, far enough to bring the bent point outside otthe interior 4diameter of the hoop, so that the hoop may be slipped onthe pail and then fastened thereto by driving the points directly intothe body of the pail.

At the upper edge, the hoop is bent outwardly to form an upwardly-facingshoulder g, which is approximately level with the top edge ot the pailbody, and the eX- treme upper edge of the hoop is bent upwardly to forma vertical annular iiange L which is approximately equal in height tothe thickness of the pail cover z'. rlhe cover rests upon theupwardly-facing shoulder g and also upon the upper edge ot the pailbody, and its edge is preferably slightlyI inclined upwardly, so as tostand at a slight angle to the inner face of the flange h.

To tasten the cover down on its seat g, we employ two wire bails y'whose ends are fastened to the hoop at approximately equidistant pointsaround the same, and whose loops are twisted togetherat the center ofthe pail cover to draw the wires taut and thus bend the upstanding{iange 7i inwardly against the edge of the pail cover, to therebysecurely clamp the cover in place.

We may anchor the ends of the hails to the hoop in any suitable manner,but we prefer to insert the ends of the loops up through holes in thehorizontal flange g and strike up or rivet the extreme ends to formheads 7c, so as to prevent the wires from pulling out of the holes,these heads being flattened to avoid presenting any appreciableobstruction to the cover resting solidly against the iiange g. Toprevent the wires, when the cover is oii' and the bails are bentoutwardly and downwardly', from being pushed upwardly through the holesin the flange, we form a shoulder on each wire by flattening the same atZ.

It will be observed that our improved means for fastening the hoop tothe pail may be used with advantage with other kinds of cover-fasteningmeans, and it will be observed also that it may even be used inconnection with fastening means for the bottom closure means of thepail.

Another advantage of our construction is that the upstanding iiange 72,serves as a protection to the cover. The ordinary candy pail cover ismade of several pieces glued together, and these pieces split when hiton the ends; and with that type of cover which is made of three-plyveneer, when hit on the edge, the layers will often separate andsplinter. It will be observed that this upstanding flange z, serves as aguard for the edge of the Cover all around, thus preventing injury tothe cover during the rough usage these shipping containers receive intransportation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In combination with a pail body, closure-holding means embodying asheet metal hoop fitting around the edge of the pail body, said hoopbeing provided along one edge with a plurality of oblique slits to formnail-like fastening points, these points being formed by bending thesharpened points of the tabs formed by the slits'inwardly, the saidslits extending into the band to a point beyond the bent-in points.

2. In combination with a pail body, a band fitting the upper rim of thebody and fastened thereto, the upper part of this band being bentoutwardly to form an upwardlyfacing shoulder at the upper edge of' thepail, the extreme upper edge of this band being. bent upwardly to forman annular upstanding flange; a cover fitting down on saidupwardly-facing shoulder and within said flange; and means for clampingthe cover down on said shoulder.

3. In combination with a pail body, a band fitting the upper .rim of thebody and fastened thereto, the upper part of this band being bentoutward-ly to form an upwardlyfacing shoulder at the upper edge of thepail, the extreme upper edge of this band being. bent upwardly to forman annular upstanding flange; a cover fitting. down on saidupwardly-facing shoulder and within said flange; and means for clampingthe cover down on said shoulder, said means consisting of wire bailsanchored to the band and extending up over the upstanding ange andpressing the same against the edge of the cover.

4c. In combination with a pail body, a band fitting the upper rim of thebody and fastened thereto, the upper part of this band being bentoutwardly to form an upwardlyfacing shoulder at the upper edge of thepail, the extreme upper edge of this band being bent upwardly to form anannular upstanding liange; a cover tting down on said upwardly-facingshoulder and within said flange; and means for clamping the cover downon said shoulder, said means consisting of wires having their endsextending upwardly through the outwardly-bent shoulder and headed attheir upper ends.

5. In combination with a pail body, a band fitting the upper rim of thebody and fastened thereto, the upper part of this band being bentoutwardly to form an upwardlyfacing shoulder at theupper edge of thepail, the extreme upper edge of this band being bent upwardly to form anannular upstauding flange; a cover fitting down on said upwardly-facingshoulder and within said flange; and means for clamping the cove-l` downon said shoulder, said means consisting of wires having their endsextending upwardly through the outwardly-bent shoulder and headed attheir upper ends, said wires being flattened at a point below thehorizontal flange, for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this 15th day ofApril, 1916.

I-I. R. SCHERER.

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Washington, DfC.

